AWB Chapter 293 Scouting the South Heaven Gate
Chapter 293 Scouting the South Heaven Gate
On the Nantianmen, after the 105mm howitzer position and the 75mm mountain gun position were destroyed, the Japanese only had the 92mm infantry gun position left. Takeuchi Renzan quickly ordered all the 92mm infantry guns to be moved to the reverse slope of the Nantianmen.
The maximum range of the 92mm infantry gun was less than 3 kilometers, which was not enough to hit the enemy artillery positions on the other side of the Nujiang River, nor could it reach the vicinity of Lianhua Township and Heshun Town.
Therefore, the Japanese's artillery advantage was eliminated, and if they wanted to eliminate the enemies coming from the east coast, they could only send troops continuously.
But it was dark at that time, and Takeuchi Renzan was not clear about the specific situation. He didn't know where the enemy came from, how many enemies there were, and how many reinforcements should be sent.
To be on the safe side, Takeuchi Renzan immediately gave orders and sent signals to the two squadrons sent out for reinforcement, asking them to return to Nantianmen.
However, the Japanese squadron sent to Ciliang Temple had already engaged in a firefight with the special operations platoon and the spearhead company. When they received the retreat signal, they had already lost most of their troops and were fleeing in panic.
At the same time, a squadron sent to the Nujiang River was also ambushed by the guard company.
Meng Fanle went to Heshun Town to rescue his father. After taking his father away, he could not persuade his old father and was forced to take thousands of volumes of books from the Meng family's collection and rush to the riverside to meet with the guard company.
During this period, some people from Heshun Town hurriedly packed up their things and followed Meng Fanle's team, preparing to escape to the other side.
Meng Fanle naturally could not abandon those people, so he could only wait for a while before leading his men to the river.
When Meng Fanle's troops arrived near the river, they saw the Japanese troops preparing to retreat. They immediately joined forces with the guard company and attacked them from both sides. They almost wiped out a squadron of Japanese troops, and only a dozen or so escaped back to the direction of Nantianmen.
Fortunately, at this time Takeuchi Renzan was stepping up his defense to prevent the enemy from launching a general attack at night, and he did not send any more people to provide external support.
When all the gunfire stopped, it was already three or four in the morning.
After this night's fighting, this river crossing operation had destroyed three organized Japanese squadrons, plus some scattered patrol teams. In total, more than 600 Japanese had been killed, and a large number of guns and ammunition had been seized.
Afterwards, Lu Cheng ordered Meng Fanle to take people to escort the people who followed them across the river, and the guard company went to the nearby villages and towns to ask if there were other people willing to cross the river.
The troops of the Sharp Knife Company were on guard in the jungle south of Nantianmen, responsible for blocking any possible Japanese invaders.
The special operations platoon was responsible for approaching Nantianmen, conducting fire reconnaissance, and eliminating the Japanese outside Nantianmen through sniper warfare.
"Second Lieutenant Tan, your mission has been completed. You can follow the people across the river."
"Commander, I am your signalman. I must stay by your side and await your orders."
After a night of running and fighting, the female agent was covered in dust and looked a little tired, but she still insisted on staying on the west coast.
"Since you insist on staying, then join the Sharp Knife Company and fight with them."
"Sir, I want to stay with you."
"Tan Wanying, you are a soldier, and you should obey orders first. Besides, with your current combat ability, you are only in the middle or lower level in the spearhead company. Following me will only hinder us. Stay."
"Yes!" Although Tan Wanying was still a little unwilling, she had no choice but to obey the order.
Afterwards, Lu Cheng led the special operations platoon and quietly approached the Nantianmen Gate for reconnaissance.
In order to train Xia Chen and the special operations platoon, after approaching Nantianmen, Lu Cheng did not follow the special operations platoon, but was alone, three hundred meters behind the special operations platoon, observing the performance of the special operations members.
At the same time, Lu Cheng also took out the latest MK50 sniper rifle and aimed it at the position on Nantianmen to escort the special operations platoon that was not yet fully mature.
After returning from the Ramgarh training camp, the original special operations team was expanded into a special operations platoon. Some of the more than 20 new members were not mature enough and needed to be honed.
But in this era, there are not several months or even a year for special forces soldiers to continue training and growing, they can only train and fight at the same time.
Only after the special operations platoon has grown up can Lu Cheng let go with peace of mind.
In fact, with Lu Cheng's current combat effectiveness, he himself is comparable to the most elite special forces team.
Soon, the special operations platoon arrived at the foot of the reverse slope of Nantianmen from the west side of Nantianmen.
At this time, the sky in the east was starting to turn pale and it was gradually getting brighter.
The special operations platoon was divided into three teams, which used binoculars to observe the fire distribution points on the hillside from a distance and complete map work.
In the original drama, in order to find out the details of the Nantianmen, Long Wenjian took Meng Fanle and two others to investigate. In the end, Meng Fanle was hit by the Japanese, and it was Long Wenjian who dragged Meng Fanle back to the east bank.
Now, with a special operations platoon coming to conduct reconnaissance, they can naturally get a clearer picture of the entire Nantianmen’s firepower points.
As the sky became completely bright, Takeuchi Renzan on the Nantianmen also discovered that the enemy forces on the other side of the river did not launch a large-scale attack, and it might have been just a small-scale river crossing operation last night.
Takeuchi Renshan felt heartbroken when he thought about the huge number of men and horses lost last night.
In the entire Nantianmen position, the Takeuchi Regiment, the Okada Regiment, and the subsequent reinforcements only had about 4000 people.
Now, more than 600 people were lost in just one night. How could Takeuchi Renshan not feel sad?
What's more, after yesterday's shelling, there were only two 105mm howitzers and four 75mm mountain cannons left on Nantianmen. The rest were completely destroyed and could not be repaired.
In order to protect these cannons, Takeuchi Renzan could only hide them in the cave temporarily and did not dare to pull them out to set up a position.
After suffering such a huge loss, the headquarters will inevitably impose punishment again.
However, Takeuchi Renzan has already gotten used to it.
After confirming that the enemy would not launch a general attack, Takeuchi Renzan gave the order for the soldiers, who had been nervous all night, to start eating.
As the dinner bell rang, the Japanese cooks began to transport the prepared food from the foot of the mountain to various locations. The soldiers of the special operations platoon were surprised to find that the Japanese in Nantianmen Mountain could actually finish eating both on the mountain and at the foot of the mountain in a short period of time.
It is obvious that the entire Nantianmen has been completely dug through and hollowed out, with interconnected passages everywhere.
In other words, since the Japs could cook at the same time on the mountain and on the ground at the same time, they could also transfer light and heavy machine guns at any time, and switch the first, second, and third lines of defense at any time.
If someone launched an attack from the bottom of the mountain, not only would they have to face layers of resistance from the Japanese, but even if they reached the middle of the mountain, they might be attacked by machine guns that could pop out of the soil at any time, leaving behind a large number of corpses.
The people of Lianhua Township who were transferred to the other side of the river once revealed some information that the Japanese had captured a large number of people nearby and had them build fortifications and bunkers on the Nantianmen Gate. After the construction was completed, they killed the people.
Some civilians who managed to escape once said that the Japanese wanted to use the Nantianmen to destroy all the attacking enemies.
At around eight or nine in the morning, the special operations platoon that had completed the fire reconnaissance regrouped and came to Lu Cheng to report the results of the reconnaissance.
After listening to this, Lu Cheng nodded and then looked at Xia Chen: "Xia Chen, considering the current situation of Nantianmen, how do you think we should attack? How many troops are needed to take down the entire Nantianmen?"
"The bunkers built by the Japanese on the Nantianmen are very complex, and they have completely occupied the geographical advantage. Moreover, judging from the situation just now, there must be enough ammunition and even emergency food stored in the Nantianmen. It is not easy to take down the Nantianmen with artillery or air-dropped bombs.
Therefore, we can take advantage of the weather and choose to cross the river on a foggy day or at night, approach the Nantian Gate, and then launch a surprise attack. Moreover, it is best to select a 200-man commando team, composed entirely of veterans, to get into the enemy's bunker, use the terrain, and disintegrate the enemy's geographical advantage from the inside..."
After listening to this, Lu Cheng didn't say anything. Xia Chen's ideas coincided with Long Wenjian's combat ideas in the original drama, but they were not the results Lu Cheng wanted.
"Xia Chen, don't forget that you are the commander of a special operations team. You must learn to use the lowest cost, do whatever it takes, and try every possible way to achieve your goal. There is no need to follow too many rules in special operations."
Seeing that Lu Cheng denied his idea, Xia Chen was not discouraged, and immediately expressed his second idea: "If we can do whatever it takes, maybe we can learn from the Japanese and use biochemical methods to turn the entire Nantianmen into a tomb..."
After listening to Xia Chen's plan, Lu Cheng nodded with satisfaction: "This is the answer I want."
Bu La, Yao Ma, She Pi Zi and others who were standing by, after hearing the conversation between the two, all looked back at their host and captain, and gasped: "Wow, this is really cruel..."